The Tale of the Angry Washer
So, as most of you know, this past weekend was Independence Day weekend, with Sunday being July the 4th. Seeing as I had Monday off work, I decided to make the trip up to the parents' house in Burleson, Texas. This normally isn't a long trip, ranging from 3 hours to 4 hours typically. Well, Friday it took almost 7 hours, thanks to some absolutely wonderful traffic on i35 North. I had hoped we would beat the rushing traffic for the holiday, as we'd managed to get on the road at about 2pm.
Once we finally arrived, the weekend was enjoyable. I had the first cheeseburger I've had in about a month, went and saw The Last Airbender in 3D at The Hulen Movie Tavern. -- Good food and great seats. The movie wasn't as terrible as I was expecting, but it left much to be desired for a fan of the show. On Sunday, we got together with some friends of my parents, messed around in their pool, played some cards, talked and had some pretty kick-ass Sangria margaritas.
Unfortunately, Lila had to work Monday evening, so we opted to make the late night drive home. Leaving Burleson at about midnight, we traversed the cop-laden highway and made our way home, landing at approximately 3 AM. - Needless to say, I was tired, as I hadn't slept well while we were in Burleson, due to some whistling vents and not having my blankie. We promptly passed the hell out after taking the dog out.
Monday morning rolls around. I have breakfast, waffles with Lite Syrup and two eggs. Not too shabby! After eating, I take Chloe out and on the way back upstairs, I notice I big puddle and water rolling down the wall on the second floor's landing... directly beneath my apartment. And sure enough, when I opened the door to my apartment, I was greeted by water-laden carpets, sinking feet, and electronics that were in danger of being shorted.
Apparently, the washer decided it didn't want to continue its wash cycle and simply kept filling the wash basin, causing water to keep running and eventually to overfill. I was able to move all of the electronics in time (hopefully, as I haven't tested the computer, external HD, etc.) and thankfully none of the tax files, etc. were soaked. Putting ourselves to work with beach towels, a pitcher, busy hands and soaking feet, we worked diligently to soak up as much water as possible while waiting for maintenance to arrive.
Unfortunately, the wait for maintenance was rather long, due to it being a holiday, but eventually Jesse (SP?) arrived and immediately went about finding the problem with the washer as well as calling their carpet guy. Another few hours passed before he showed up and worked on extracting the water from the carpet. The carpet in the corner of my living room was pulled up and a fan was installed to blow air beneath the carpet to dry it and the carpet pad. This fan is loud and I've had it running now for over 48 hours straight now. Needless to say, I've gotten again very little sleep and Lila says despite the fan that it's starting to smell of mildew. I have no idea what mildew smells like, but there is indeed an odor.
I'm hoping to hear from the carpet guy soon and our new Samsung High-Effiency Front-Load Washer and Dryer set will be delivered tomorrow from Lowes.
Thus far, $1140 spent. We'll see if it goes any higher.
Cheers.